McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container: Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers

McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container: Create Container Gardens of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers Review

With few exceptions-such as corn and pumpkins-everything edible that's grown in a traditional garden can be raised in a container. And with only one exception-watering-container gardening is a whole lot easier. Beginning with the down-to-earth basics of soil, sun and water, fertilizer, seeds and propagation, The Bountiful Container is an extraordinarily complete, plant-by-plant guide.

Written by two seasoned container gardeners and writers, The Bountiful Container covers Vegetables-not just tomatoes (17 varieties) and peppers (19 varieties), butharicots verts, fava beans, Thumbelina carrots, Chioggia beets, and sugarsnap peas. Herbs, from basil to thyme, and including bay leaves, fennel, and saffron crocus. Edible Flowers, such as begonias, calendula, pansies, violets, and roses. And perhaps most surprising, Fruits, including apples, peaches, Meyer lemons, blueberries, currants, and figs-yes, even in the colder parts of the country. (Another benefit of container gardening: You can bring the less hardy perennials in over the winter.) There are theme gardens (an Italian cook's garden, a Four Seasons garden), lists of sources, and dozens of sidebars on everything from how to be a human honeybee to seeds that are All America Selections.

Herbs: Gardens, Decorations, and Recipes

Herbs: Gardens, Decorations, and Recipes Review

With more than 500 full-color photographs, from formal and cottage gardens to wreaths and potpourris to main courses and desserts, Herbs is a comprehensive and singularly beautiful celebration of the many uses of these fragrant plants.

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Gardening with Herbs
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The Ornamental Herb Garden: Creating Compact Gardens

The Ornamental Herb Garden: Creating Compact Gardens Review

"...guides you through every stage of cultivation, from designing the garden to achieving a healthy crop"--House Beautiful

Everyone knows that herbs heal and make food delicious, but have you considered how they can add to the beauty of your garden? From simple window boxes to color-themed borders to traditional knot gardens, these plans will open your eyes to the ornamental possibilities of these versatile plants. As always, good design is the essential starting point, and this guide will take you through every stage of the process: siting, choosing a layout, constructing paths and walls, and embellishing the plot with seats, sundials, statuary, and topiary. There's detailed information on planting, and advice on making the most of their colors, shapes, textures, and scents. Eight specially photographed case studies of established herb gardens show how all these elements come together to produce a magnificent and enviable garden, and a plant directory selects and describes fifty of the very best herbs.

Little Herb Gardens: Simple Secrets for Glorious Gardens--Indoors and Out

Little Herb Gardens: Simple Secrets for Glorious Gardens--Indoors and Out Review

The age-old art of cultivating home-grown herbs comes alive in this book, with all the information needed to grow productive herb gardens year round in even the smallest spaces. Includes recipes for herb-infused oils and vinegars, herb-scented biscotti, herb-flavored sorbets, as well as a resource directory, bibliography, and an index. Full color.